District of Columbia charity withdrawal and clean close-out

First decide whether the organization will stop DC solicitation but continue elsewhere, withdraw a foreign corporation, or dissolve a DC nonprofit corporation. Inventory the BOSS charitable solicitation license, corporate status, solicitation campaigns, grants, contracts, employees, tax accounts, assets, liabilities, donor restrictions, and professional fundraisers.

Set a documented final DC solicitation date from website, CRM, payment, grant, event, and campaign records. The corporation vote date and the fundraising stop date may differ. Keep the two dates explicit so the final license and dissolution records remain consistent.

Review the organization’s BOSS license term, registered name, responsible person, authorizing resolution, bond or insurance documents when applicable, filings, fees, renewal history, and any late penalties or enforcement notices. Contact DLCP through the current program path for the license transaction that matches cessation, expiry, surrender, or entity dissolution.

Save the submitted license record, payment or no-fee evidence, correspondence, and final status. Do not infer a clean license close-out merely because the corporation dissolved or a renewal date passed. The BOSS and CorpOnline records serve different purposes.

DLCP’s current business-registration FAQ explains that a charitable corporation must give the DC Attorney General notice before delivering articles of dissolution to the Mayor. OAG requests advance notice and the notice should state the corporation’s name and charitable purpose, how dissolution was authorized, why it is dissolving, the nature and value of assets, and the proposed disposition of significant assets.

Prepare the notice from board-approved and reconciled records. Obtain organization-specific legal advice for restricted property, grants, creditors, successor recipients, member approvals, court issues, and tax consequences. Preserve delivery and the OAG response before advancing the entity filing.

A domestic DC nonprofit uses the applicable Articles of Dissolution of Domestic Nonprofit Corporation. A foreign nonprofit ending DC authority uses the separate application of withdrawal. DLCP says an entity generally must be active and in good standing to file dissolution or withdrawal, so resolve biennial reports and other entity defects before submission.

Confirm the exact entity name, file number, authorization, effective date, address for future service, and signer. Save the filed-stamped document and effective record. Keep it separate from the OAG notice and BOSS charitable solicitation outcome.

Reconcile the final DC campaign period, recurring gifts, professional fundraiser activity, liabilities, payroll, grants, contracts, bank accounts, tax returns, and asset transfers. Stop targeted appeals and preserve proof. Final activity should agree across the license record, books, dissolution plan, federal return, and board minutes.

The close-out file should contain board authority, solicitation-stop evidence, BOSS records, OAG notice and response, asset and liability support, CorpOnline filing, final tax work, dated public checks, and record custody. If the organization continues elsewhere, state that boundary so DC closure is not presented as organization-wide termination.